Chapter 1365 The Little Widow in the 4th Courtyard 92

Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Even though the material supply over there was guaranteed, it was still not as good as here in Beijing.

Zhao Lei was not at home for the New Year, but there were still four people at home celebrating the New Year. Xiao Min's younger brother Xiao Yi celebrated the New Year with them.

The old man and his wife of the Xiao family and Xiao Min's parents all went to other places, leaving Xiao Yi as the only child.

In the past, Xiao Min would often go back to take care of her younger brother. Her family had a house near Peking University, and Xiao Min was a day student just to take care of her younger brother.

After Xiao Min went to the west, how to take care of Xiao Yi became a problem, and Zhang Yu took over this heavy responsibility.

Thanks to having such a child, he really helps out when purchasing New Year's goods.

Queuing up together early to buy things and then pushing the cart back really relieved a lot of burden.

After returning home from the scrap yard, Zhang Yu boiled water to cook dumplings.

Zhao Hong took out some snacks such as melon seeds and peanuts, "I don't know how my brother is doing now."

"I don't know if my sister-in-law has a child." Zhao Hong looked expectant. "If she has a child, I will be her aunt."

Zhang Yu has always known that as the youngest in the family, Zhao Hong has always wanted to be an older sister or an aunt.

Xiao Yi is younger than her, but he is very mature and more sensible than Zhao Hong, which makes her feel like she has no older sister status.

"I'm an uncle too." Xiao Yi's eyes lit up.

"Yes, you will take care of the child together when the time comes." Zhang Yu didn't know what their situation was.

In August, I received a letter from them letting them know they had arrived and left an address.

The address of a mailbox number is where all letters are mailed. Zhang Yu knew at a glance that the letters were gathered in one place and only after being reviewed could they be sent to Zhao Lei and others.

As for when these letters will reach Zhao Lei and others, that is still an unknown.

"I just hope that if your sister-in-law meets the child, everything will be fine." Even if they said in the letter that everything was fine and asked her not to worry, how could they really not worry.

Zhang Yu and the others were worried about how Zhao Lei and the others were living. Zhao Lei and the others were so busy that they forgot that today was New Year's Eve. For them, every day is busy and they only find a place to rest when they are tired.

Even the weekly rest days can be forgotten, let alone the Spring Festival, which no one can even remember.

It was only after hearing the announcement of a big dinner in the evening that people remembered that today was New Year's Eve.

Zhao Lei stood at the window and looked towards the capital. "I wonder how things are going at home."

"The whole family should have a reunion dinner together." Xiao Min was actually a little worried about how her younger brother was living with her mother-in-law.

Xiao Min felt pretty good during the few days she spent at Zhao's house, but her feeling might not necessarily be the same as her brother's, and she couldn't say it in front of Zhao Lei.

"Yes, my mother will definitely prepare a large table of dishes." Zhao Lei has absolute confidence in Zhang Yu.

During the three years of food shortage, the New Year’s dinner was always very sumptuous, not to mention now, it must be very sumptuous as well.

Zhao Lei held the food from his family's New Year's dinner table in previous years, and immediately made his colleagues passing by cry with envy, "Zhao Lei, your family's New Year's food is very good."

"My mother is good at fishing. She would trade fish with others when she caught them." Zhao Lei said generously, "My mother once caught a big fish and exchanged it for a bicycle ticket for me."

A classmate of Zhao Lei's from college also works at the institute. He knows that he had a bicycle when he was in college, and asks, "Could it be the same bicycle you've been riding?"

Zhao Lei nodded, "Yes, that's the one. I wasn't even in junior high school at that time."

Talking happily about Zhang Yu's fishing success, everyone envied him, "Your mom is really amazing."

"My mom is very capable, so there is really no shortage of fish in my house."

"My mother is really good. She raised me and my sister by herself and never asked me to graduate early and work to earn money to reduce the burden on the family."

Zhao Lei thought of his old mother and sister. The other colleagues also thought of their families and talked about them at the dinner table. Although they did not say they missed them, they actually missed them.

Xiao Min touched her belly which had not yet shown any signs of pregnancy. She had been thinking about where to give birth to the baby. Before, she had always wondered whether she would be able to get along with Zhang Yu if she went back to Beijing to give birth alone.

Now she feels that she should go back to recuperate after giving birth. Apart from anything else, Zhang Yu will definitely be good to their child.

On New Year's Eve, without working overtime or rushing to meet deadlines, everyone gathered together to chat for a long time. Later, it was only after the seniors spoke that everyone got up and went back to the dormitory.

Xiao Min lay on the bed, "Xiao Lei, I've made up my mind. When I'm eight months old, I'll go back to Beijing."

"Have you decided?" Zhao Lei knew that Xiao Min wanted to stay here to have a baby. In recent years, this place has developed a lot and there is already a clinic, so having a baby will be no problem.

But the key problem is that once they get busy, they really can't take care of the children. Even if there are nurseries here, it may not be good for the children.

Xiao Min nodded, "I think our mother will take good care of the child."

"Of course, they are her precious grandchildren." Zhao Lei kissed Xiao Min's forehead. "Then we will take pictures every year and mail them back so that the children can remember what we look like."

Xiao Min nodded. She hoped to keep the child by her side because she didn't want them to see the child a few years later and have the child ask them who they were.

When Xiao Min thought of such a scene, she felt extremely uncomfortable and a little hard to accept.

Now that I think about it, yes, they could mail the photos over, “and let mom take family photos.”

Although it’s only one per year, it’s still a wish.

"Yes." Zhao Lei thought, maybe if everything goes well, they can go back before the child can remember.

He swallowed the words even though they were on the tip of his tongue. Don't say that he was unsure. There were so many senior veterans around, and they had been researching for many years.

If Zhang Yu were here, he would advise not to rush and not to be anxious even if he had to stay here for ten years. Although life here is a bit hard, at least he doesn't have to work in the fields.

Once I return to the capital, who knows what kind of chaos it will be, and I won’t be able to take care of myself.

Zhao Lei and his wife were talking about the future, and Zhang Yu was also talking about them, "I don't know if your sister-in-law has a child."

As the mother-in-law, Zhang Yu couldn't ask them directly whether they were thinking about contraception, as it seemed too direct.

If it were convenient to contact them, she could find out whether they were pregnant with a child through a letter, but now it is not convenient to contact them, and Zhang Yu doesn't know whether they are pregnant with a child.

"Forget it, I think we should still get prepared." There's nothing wrong with preparing some things early.

Even if it doesn't come in handy now, she has a hunch that it will come in handy in the next few years.

Cotton needs to be prepared, and diapers also need to be prepared. It really makes me feel overwhelmed just thinking about it. There are so many things to prepare.